Peloroplites

Description

Source: Wikipédia

Peloroplites (meaning "monstrous heavy one") is a monospecific genus of nodosaurid dinosaur from Utah that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to lower Turonian stage, 98.2 to 93 Ma) in what is now the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation. The type and only species, Peloroplites cedrimontanus, is known from a partial skull and postcranial skeleton. It was named in 2008 by Kenneth Carpenter and colleagues. Peloroplites was 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed 2 tonnes (4,410 lbs), making it one of the largest known nodosaurids, and came from a time when ankylosaurids and nodosaurids were attaining large sizes.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

• Attibution: Carpenter et al. 2008²⁹⁹³⁵
• Statut: Valide
• Nom commun:
• Longueur (en m): ?
• Largeur (en m): ?
• Hauteur (en m): ?
• Poids (en m): de ? à ?
• Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
• Mode de vie: terrestrial
• Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
• Vision: ?
• Alimentation: herbivore
• Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
• Classification: Nodosauridae >> Ankylosauria >> Thyreophora >> Genasauria >> Ornithischia >> Dinosauria
• Période: Aptian - Albian (de -121.40 Ma à -100.50 Ma)
• Espèce(s):
  • Peloroplites cedrimontanus (Valide)²⁹⁹³⁵
• Specimen(s):
  • Peloroplites cedrimontanus: holotype CEUM 26331 - skull
  • Détail des Spécimens

  Référence	Type	Partie	Côté	Dimension (en cm)	Lieu de découverte	Commentaires
  CEUM 26331	holotype	skull		width: 355, length: 560	Collection: Price River II site (Loc. Utah EM372)- Lieu: US, Utah, Carbon

• Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
  • Peloroplites cedrimontanus
• Découverte(s): 1 occcurrences
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  • États-Unis
    • Utah
      • Carbon
        • Formation Cedar Mountain
          • Peloroplites cedrimontanus: CEUM 26331: skull ²⁹⁹³⁵
• Historique des modifications:

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